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Lenox china bread plate made for the Franklin D. Roosevelt White House, designed by the Roosevelts with the inclusion of their family crest in the scroll pattern around the rim. From the original 1934 order, plate features the Presidential seal in enamel at top, with a band of gold stars against a navy background. A scroll of gilt roses and feathers appears under the band of stars, which was incorporated from the family crest of the Roosevelts, whose name in Dutch, ''roos-veldt'' means field of roses. Plate measures 6.25'' in diameter. Manufacturers stamp on the underside in gilt reads, ''The White House / 1934 / / [Lenox mark] / Lenox / Made in U.S.A. / Wm. H. Plummer & Co., Ltd. / New York City''. Near fine condition.